Experiments with Linked Data

The goal of this master thesis is to create a "manual" to Linked Data technology. The first part of this thesis describes the Semantic Web and its relationship to Linked Data. Then follows a detailed explanation of Linked Data and so called "Linked Data principles" including involved technologies and tools. The second part of the thesis contains practical experiences with creation and using Linked Data. Firstly is described obtaining data on public procurement by web crawler developed for these purposes, followed by a description of transformation obtained (relational) data into Linked Data and their interlinking with external Linked Data sources. One part of this thesis is also an application consuming created Linked Data. This is compared with the traditional approach when the application consumes data from a relational database. This comparison is supplemented by a benchmark. Finally is presented a manual for the beginning developer which summarizes our experiences. The list of problems which are necessary to solve (from our point of view) for further development of Linked Data is also included